Politics

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  British court now says Assange may be extradited to the US

  

  A British court has ruled in favor of extraditing Julian Assange to the United States after finding the founder of WikiLeaks will be treated fairly while facing espionage charges for divulging classified documents.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 08:12 UTC

  “All Human, All Equal”, Falklands Government advocates Human Rights Day

  

  The Falkland Islands Government remembers Human Rights Day with the following statement, ”Today, Friday 10 December, is the United Nations Human Rights Day, which was established in 1950 to draw the attention of ‘the peoples of the world’ to the inalienable rights of individuals as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Former Moscow correspondent reflects on the end of USSR thirty years ago

  

  By James Rodgers (*) – The Soviet anthem hailed the socialist union that it celebrated as “indestructible”. Yet 30 years ago this week, the then Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, together with the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus, signed the agreement that created the Commonwealth of Independent States. It was the end for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Brazil raised the benchmark interest rate to 9,25% to try and contain inflation

  

  Brazil's Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate 150 basis points for the second time running to 9,25%, the highest since 2017, in an effort to contain growing inflation.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough reaches “home”; anchored at Port William

  

  RRS Sir David Attenborough has completed the first leg of its journey to Antarctica, arriving in the Falkland Islands on 9 December. Since the draft of Britain’s new polar ship is too large for it to berth in Stanley harbor, so the ship will anchor north of the Narrows at Port William. However, the ship is visible from vantage points around the coastline.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists he is not in favor of mandatory vaccination cards for tourists

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again insisted on his stance regarding compulsory COVID-19 vaccination certificates for arriving foreign travelers, which sparked a new controversy with São Paulo State Governor João Doria.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Getting jailed for being a journalist on the rise, CPJ reports

  

  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Thursday denounced that the number of journalists jailed for their reporting work has reached a historic Zenit in 2021, with 293 of them imprisoned worldwide, 50 of whom were in China.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Argentine Senator resigns as ALS takes its toll on his health

  

  Esteban Bullrich, former Argentine Education Minister under President Mauricio Macri Thursday resigned his seat on the Senate due to his deteriorating health in an announcement that touched political friends and foes alike.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Argentina against boycott on Beijing Winter Games

  

  Argentina's Sports Minister Matías Lammens has announced his country's full support to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games due to start at the Chinese capital on Feb. 4, 2022, after the United States and some of its closes allies said they would boycott them.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Nicaragua severs ties with Taiwan, “rogue Chinese territory”

  

  The Nicaraguan Government of President Daniel Ortega Thursday announced it was cutting all diplomatic ties with Taiwan, citing “that in the world there is only one single China” whose legitimate government is that of the People's Republic.